PYRENOMYCETIDAE (or Hymenomycetidae--the Pyrenomycetes): asci borne in a layer; ascocarp a cleistothecium or a perithecium; contains Chaetomiales, Clavicipitales, Coronophorales, Diaportheales, Erysiphales, Hypocreales, Phyllachorales, Sordariales, and Xylariales

• Hypocreales: ascus unitunicate, inamyloid; stroma or subiculum present; perithecia are light colored
  • three families: Hypocreaceae, Hypomycetaceae, Nectriaceae

• Hypocreaceae: bright-colored ascoma (perithecia); ascoma are borne in a bright-colored or light-colored stroma.

yellow ascostroma; orange ascoma(perithecium) on hymenophore of Oligoporus amarus	light yellow ascostroma red ascoma (perithecium) on hymenophore of Phellinus	light yellow stalked stroma	round ascospores; uniseriate
Hypocrea	Hypocrea	Podostroma alutacea	Podostroma alutacea

classification system (places icons into orders)

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